Sweetie
is on the mend at the Ottawa Humane Society
after beung tossed out of a pickup truck near
Navan on Saturday. OHS photo

A
kitten thrown out of a car window on Colonial Road near
Navan on the weekend will be put up for adoption by the
Ottawa Humane Society after it recovers from injuries
it likely suffered before the incident.

Sweetie
is a seven-month-old kitten that was rescued by a Good
Samaritan after witnesses saw it tossed out the window
of a silver pickup truck that had briefly stopped on Colonial
Road just east of the village at around 2 p.m.

The
kitten was taken to the Humane Society where vets must
amputate its tail which they believe was broken before
the animal was abandoned.

Humane
Soviety staff are working on the theory that Sweeties'
owner decided to abandon the kitten rather than pay for
the treatment.

OHS
executive director Bruce Roney, says the owner could have
surrendered the kitten to the agency rather than drive
it out to the country and abandon it on the side of the
road.

In
such cases, the OHS treats the animal at no charge and
puts it up for adoption..

Besides
a broken tail, Sweetie is being treated for a respiratory
infection and abrasions to its face. She will likely be
put up for adoption later this month